Kerry postmaster calls for freeze on moving Social Protection payments to electronic transfer

A Kerry postmaster and IPU Executive member says there should be a freeze on moving Social Protection payments to electronic transfer, until new post office services come into place. Ceann Trá postmaster Seamus Ó Luing was speaking at the Irish Postmasters’ Union annual conference. He says An Post is currently developing a Post Office based ePayment account, which is expected to come into effect this year, and would facilitate electronic payment for those who choose it. Seamus Ó Luing believes moving payments to bank electronic transfer systems will only benefit the banks, and post offices will lose valuable custom from the 87 million payments handled by the Department of Social Protection. [audio_player src=”http://media.radiokerry.ie/mediamanager/embed/audio/56977/medium/”]